Gary Neville slams VAR's Chelsea decisions as two calls leave Graham Potter furious

Chelsea prevailed implicit West Ham successful the Premier League but were possibly fortunate that Pedro Neto's equalising extremity was awarded astatine Stamford Bridge aft a foul connected Jarrod Bowen was overlooked

Gary Neville has slammed VAR'S determination not to intervene during Chelsea's triumph implicit West Ham connected Monday evening.

The erstwhile Manchester United skipper believes Graham Potter and his squad should beryllium furious implicit the determination not to regularisation retired the Blues' equalising goal. Enzo Maresca's broadside ultimately won the lucifer 2-1.

Jarrod Bowen, backmost from injury, had fired the Irons into the pb astatine Stamford Bridge but Pedro Neto rapidly provided a leveller aft entering the tract arsenic substitutes. The winger's effort was looked astatine by VAR successful the aftermath earlier being confirmed arsenic a goal, but a foul connected Bowen appeared to beryllium overlooked.

Neville was disappointed that the Levi Colwill situation was not seen by referee Stuart Attwell. The defender's involution was not deemed successful Chelsea's attacking signifier but astir apt should person been picked during unrecorded play.

Speaking connected Sky Sports aft the game, Neville said: "I'd beryllium furious if I were West Ham arsenic the referee and assistants should beryllium spotting that. I deliberation Levi Colwill fouled Jarrod Bowen, helium conscionable stepped crossed him. It was an evident foul."

Potter, making his instrumentality to Chelsea aft being sacked by the nine astir 2 years ago, felt hard done by. The ex-Brighton manager believes Bowen was fouled, and besides highlighted however choky an offside telephone indispensable person been connected Marc Guiu for the VAR appraisal to person taken truthful long.

VAR had been unable to justice whether Guiu touched the ball.

"We felt unlucky with the archetypal goal," helium said. "We felt it was a foul connected Jarrod. I haven’t seen it backmost (the Guiu offside call). It took that long, it indispensable person been tight.

"The 2nd 1 is simply a deflection. We person to absorption connected what we did good and the tone and performance. Our supporters appreciated the show of the team. You request a spot of luck. We felt unfortunate with the lead-up to the archetypal goal. It wasn't to be.

"You look astatine the 2nd half. They had to marque immoderate substitutions, the archetypal extremity was a spot of a turning constituent and we felt it was a foul, you request those things to spell your way. We were doing good but we couldn't rather bent connected and we had a existent large accidental astatine the extremity to instrumentality a point."

Goalscorer Bowen was capable to clasp immoderate positivity however.

"A batch of antithetic affirmative things, we've got players coming backmost from injury, performances person been a batch amended since the caller manager has travel in," helium said. "It's an breathtaking clip to beryllium coming backmost into the squad."

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